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SCW girls fall to De Smet in SoDak 16 contest

Sanborn Central/Woonsocket's Tesa Jensen (22) goes up for a shot over De Smet's Kennadi Buchholz during a Class B SoDak 16 game on Thursday at the Huron Arena. (Jeremy Karll / Republic)

HURON—The Sanborn Central/Woonsocket girls basketball team couldn't prevent De Smet from securing a spot in the state tournament on Thursday.

The Bulldogs pulled away from the Blackhawks 64-35 to punch their ticket to the State B girls basketball tournament on March 7-9 at the Huron Arena. De Smet will play White River in the opening round of the state tournament.